A judicial source said Sunday that an Egyptian court has sentenced to life in prison a Ukrainian woman, Liudmyla Balakina, arrested at Cairo international airport with a bag of cocaine, AFP reported.
The woman had been convicted of drug smuggling following her arrest in April upon arrival from Qatar with “four kilograms (about nine pounds) of cocaine” in her luggage, the source told AFP.
She was also handed a fine of 100,000 Egyptian pounds ($3,683), and can still appeal the verdict.
In 2019, Egypt increased punishment for drug smugglers to include the death penalty.
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